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450 migrants stranded at sea as Italy and Malta argue over who should take them
The migrants had initially set sail from Libya in a single wooden vessel.
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The migrants had initially set sail from Libya in a single wooden vessel.
There is a tragedy unfolding in the Mediterranean – and it’s not just the responsibility of southern European states.
A video showed male migrants stripped and hosed down in an effort to treat scabies.
Restoring fiscal health to the eurozone remains a serious challenge, but the EU must nevertheless find a solution to its illegal immigration crisis to prevent further tragedies, writes David Moloney.
The EU Home Affairs Commissioner is due to visit the site of the Lampedusa disaster tomorrow with Josee Manuel Barroso.
Hundreds are feared dead after a ship carrying asylum-seekers sank in the Mediterranean – yet many Europeans, who have endured histories of emigration, have simply hardened their hearts to the tragedy, writes Fr Bobby Gilmore.
Rough seas have hampered the body recovery effort off Lampedusa where a boat carrying hundreds of migrants from Africa sank on Thursday.
Rescuers and local fishermen were overcome with emotion as they spoke of chaotic early morning scenes in the water off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
More than 130 people drowned in the horrific tragedy as doctors say they have run out of coffins.
The local mayor of Lampedusa said 82 bodies had been recovered by emergency workers, including those of two children and several women.
Twenty five bodies – all young men – have been found dead in the hold of a boat crossing the Mediterranean.
Panicked migrants began falling and jumping into the sea after their boat was pushed against rocks off a small Italian island.
Thousands of migrants have arrived on the small island of Lampedusa, where they face conditions that one agency describes as “wholly inadequate”.
200 people were on board the ship – the Italian Coast Guard says it has rescued 48 people but many are feared dead.